Zaha in a nutshell 
Premier League Gameweek 26 (3rd - 5th February 2018)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Why did Kenedy go off?
Robertson has been solid defensively. Alexander-Arnold is a bit of a mixed bag but he’s young.
Do you mean this is in a derisive manner? He has been superb this half.Zaha in a nutshell
Clear penalty. He pulled Benteke's shirt, hindering him.
Milner and Henderson midfield isn't very inspiring. Spurs' record at Anfield under Poch is even worse than Everton's (Spurs has 1 draw, 3 defeats compared to 2 draws, 2 defeats for Everton in that time). Should be a comfortable enough win for you.
Commentator sounded like Arkwright then. Zaha hesi-ta-ta-ta-tated.
The Liverpool midfield is shocking. Why isn't the Ox playing for them? He's a much better player than the likes of Henderson and Milner.
Looking at that Liverpool midfield i think Klopp is hoping his creative front 3 can make up for the total lack of creativity on that midfield...
Can, Henderson and Milner is a midfield for a mid table club.
Close to 2-1 palace, if they don’t get a winner they will be very disappointed. Newcastle have been poor since going 1-0 up
That midfield. Jesus.
We should never play both Henderson AND Milner. One or the other.
Lots of industry in that midfield, but no creativity whatsoever.
We should never play both Henderson AND Milner. One or the other.
Lots of industry in that midfield, but no creativity whatsoever.
27 points for Palace right now is a remarkable achievement considering they didn't even score their first Premier League goal until the middle of October.
All they have to do is press and pass it to the forward players.
Credit to Hodgson.
What a shitty midfield for LFC. Starting Milner in 2018 
Starting Milner, Henderson and Can
Starting Milner, Henderson and Can Got to credit Roy. He has turned them around big time.
Absolutely. Brilliant turnaround for them and I'm chuffed for Hodgson. A thoroughly decent bloke.
Draw please for Spurs and Pool
How did that say out?
Is Sørloth on yet for Palace?
Thought Palace would score there, last ditch defending from Newcastle.
Big change in their home form too. Only lost once (2-3 to Arsenal) since that run of losses at the start of the season. 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss at home since then (including a win against Chelsea and a draw (almost win!) against City). Still got to go to that ground, I can see it being incredibly frustrating.
So unlucky for Benteke there. Good job by Newcastle defending the goal line.
Shelvey is a fecking idiot.
That could have been another penalty.
Blatant pen that is
Cant believe he plays in the premier league now... he used to play for my local club Groningen and failed. In his defense though.. Groningen has been really really bad the last few years. Terrible new manager also didnt help him.
I haven't followed him at all since he's left Norway, but always fun to see how they get along in the biggest leagues. Normally they fail though
Personally I think the answer to his selection is Robertson at LB. If Robertson is asked to bomb on then Milner is the perfect man to fill in at LB, which Gini isn't.
He's an exceptional player no doubt; but his falldown is the final ball. Got it wrong almost every time today.
We aren't going to win, that midfield is awful. We played it away and it lacked energy and speed in the transition.
The omission of Wijnaldum and Ox is as glaring as it is shocking. They're made for this game, extremely poor selection from Klopp.
The omission of Wijnaldum and Ox is as glaring as it is shocking. They're made for this game, extremely poor selection from Klopp.
Can’t believe Palace didn’t win that. Just really sums up Zaha, Benteke, and Townsend. Lots of creation but no end product. I’ve gotta say I enjoyed watching them play. The level of energy and desire is great and they’re definitely bringing their supporters along for the ride. TFM did good for them. A quick shout out to Yedlin as well having an absolute tough job against Zaha all night.
Yes Liverpools Midfield sucks ass, but so did the midfield vs City and we won that. I don't think our mids are too disadvantaged in open games like this because they all work extremely hard which is vital to win vs the top teams (see Utd v Spurs).... Against the lower teams, now thats a different story
Geoff Shreeve has to be one of the worst interviewers out there ffs!
What is wrong with Liverpool's midfield? It is exactly what you want against Spurs, 3 in there with feck loads of energy.
It's what we should have done instead of playing 4-1-5.
It's what we should have done instead of playing 4-1-5.
Gini and Ox in a big game is a much different proposition to Milner. It's a poor selection and poor tactics no matter which way you dress it up.
Very true towards the end.
Can Wijnaldum Ox midfield > Can Henderson Milner midfield.
We played it away vs them and apart from the Lovren horror show it was the primary reason we lost. In a big game the athleticism energy and speed of Gini/Ox is on a different level. Gini especially thrives and dominates the transitions. Milner is extremely poor these days especially getting back and over committing. It's extremely poor from Klopp and his backroom team not to have the foresight to see it despite the plethora of games they have available to see it from.
What do we want today? Draw? Spurs win? Don't want scouse lover tag, again.